We will strengthen our country when we come together.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

Everybody should have a chance to rise. That's our philosophy in Ohio and that's my philosophy for America.

A leader has a sound program, has a good policy, and then brings people together to solve problems.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down. Abraham Lincoln said it...

If you’re not scared every day, you’re not pushing hard enough.

Make mistakes often without remorse or fear. You will gain experience and will be a winner.

Prohibition has made nothing but trouble

Even the most productive writers are expert dawdlers.

I am still a learner, not a teacher, feeding somewhat omnivorously, browsing both stalk & leaves

Let's reuse whatever we have now, stop making more of it, take what we gather, and make - whether it's car parts, computer cases, anything that we can use.

Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War, it probably won't work for you either.

Do what you feel is right, baby.

We may ascertain the worth of the human race, since for its sake God's Only-begotten Son became man, and thereby ennobled the nature that he took upon him.

I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.